These scripts all deal with JavaScript Background Effects. They extensively use JavaScripts dynamic 'document.bgcolor' command one way or another. Some produce a random background image or color, and others flash background colors at the user.

Title:Ball DropContributor:Dragos Saracu (smardoi@yahoo.com)Details: 3.46 KB * Uploaded October 17 2000Description: Click anywhere on the page and a ball will drop from the cursor and rebound several times based on gravity. Updated to be WC3 DOM1 cross browser compatible!

Title:BlinkerDetails: 1.01 KB * Uploaded June 21 1997Description: This script allow you to quickly blink the background. With a click of a button, the background changes from white to blue and back several times to return to white.

Title:Bouncing ImageContributor:Justin Arruda (JArruda@mindspring.com)Details: 2.22 KB * Uploaded January 12 2001Description: Randomly bounces an image, or anything within a DIV, across the page. Click on the image to start and stop it from moving. Cool!

Title:Color TableDetails: 3.43 KB * Uploaded June 21 1997Description: JavaScript helps you manipulate the background of the document. Either choose the color you want by its name, or create a unique color by using the "+" and "-" Red, Green, and Blue buttons. A really neat effect.

Title:Dual ScrollerDetails: 2.32 KB * Uploaded February 7 2001Description: Scrolls HTML elements within a DIV. A version of the HTML Scroller modified to display a DIV on both the left and right side of the window for both IE and Netscape.

Title:Fade InContributor:Fred S. Tucker (Slurpie_Tucker@yahoo.com)Contributor URL:http://members.tripod.com/~Slurpies_PageDetails: 1.56 KB * Uploaded February 15 1998Description: Could you use an eye-catching introduction to your website? Check our this JavaScript coding that will do just that. It loads a blank screen, fades the background, and then brings you to the destination page. Check it out! It's some great JavaScripting!

Title:Random BackgroundDetails: 2.00 KB * Uploaded June 21 1997Description: Get a random background color with the touch of a button. This script uses 15 pre-determined background colors and then randomly chooses one. This is a great effect if you know what background colors don't interfere with the text on your page. Then, you can make them the 15 pre-determined background colors.

Title:Random ColorsDetails: 1.27 KB * Uploaded June 21 1997Description: Every times a visitor comes to a page with this script in effect, they get a different foreground and background color. However, occassionally you do get a background and foreground color that makes your text unreadable.

Title:Random ImagesDetails: 2.38 KB * Uploaded June 21 1997Description: As an alternative to background colors and random background colors, JavaScript allows you to have random background images. Just take a look at the background of this page then hit reload. Notice anything? Ah, chalk another one up to JavaScript.

Title:RainContributor:Matthew Musgrove ( muskrat@lvnworth.com)Contributor URL:http://free.prohosting.com/~musgroveDetails: 3.14 KB * Uploaded January 19 2000Description: (Version 4.0+ Browsers) Appears as if it is raining on your web page, wow! The effect is accomplished by using DHTML in layers. Clever! As an added plus, you can easily customize the number of raindrops and how fast they fall.

Title:Shake ScreenDetails: 1.09 KB * Uploaded June 10 1999Description: California has earthquakes, and so does JavaScript1.2 ! This short JavaScript code will actually shake your browser window by using the moveBy() function, somewhat like a web browser earthquake! Not entirely useful, but neat anyways.

Title:SnowContributor:Altan (snow@altan.hr)Contributor URL:http://www.altan.hr/snowDetails: 3.39 KB * Uploaded October 20 1999Description: Put some JavaScript-powered snow on your web site! Dozens of snowflakes carelessly drift back and forth as they float down the browser window. You can even adjust the speed that the snowflakes move. Definitely a cool effect.

Title:SoundContributor:Kipp Shinabarger (kipps@bigfoot.com)Details: 0.81 KB * Uploaded April 2 1998Description: Due to the different nature that Netscape and other browsers use a background sound, getting it to work for your visitors can be difficult unless you use this script. It will determine which browser they have and print the background sound command correctly for that browser! Very cool!

Title:Text BlinkerDetails: 1.31 KB * Uploaded March 27 1999Description: JavaScript 1.2 (found in version 4.0 browsers) provides this neat effect: the text changes color every second. Now this is a great way to draw attention without using the annoying BLINK tag.